South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is standing for another presidential race as the country holds elections on 29th May.
South Africans will elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the country’s nine provinces before the National Assembly elects the president.
Ramaphosa, 71, is seeking a second term as president. He has struggled to lift economic growth significantly since taking over from Jacob Zuma as president in 2018.
“The 2024 elections coincide with South Africa’s celebration of 30 years of freedom and democracy,” Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement.
Ramaphosa has highlighted the achievements of his African National Congress (ANC) , which has ruled the country for all of its 30 years of democracy as it heads into a tight race in May’s election.
Ramaphosa delivered the party’s manifesto to thousands of ANC supporters at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday. The rally came as South Africa faces increasing poverty, unemployment and crime and a crippling electricity crisis.
The party is set to compete in this year’s elections after Zuma denounced ANC.
But the big question remains will Ramaphosa get second term as South African President?
South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said.
The elections are expected to be the most competitive since the end of the apartheid system.
Political analysts widely predict that the governing African National Congress (ANC) party will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994, with record power cuts, poor service delivery and high levels of unemployment among voter complaints.
The African National Congress is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa.
